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Q: about Notebooks
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:34 am
by Rakion
i want to know the top 5 things you must check on a notebook/laptop. cause probably i might buy one... gona make another thread on my choices but unfortunately i haven't brought my list with me... anyways i would like to know the top 5 things you must check.
tnx in advance guys.. ;D
Re: Q: about Notebooks
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:32 am
by DeepEvil
1-the specification for your choise
2-the costumer service and how supportive they are
3-the battery life time
4-put something here
5-and here
make sure even if your godly laptop kicksass you still might get hardware problems
and even so you need a good costumer service for your laptop maintenance,around here HP has good specification but the costumer servicer lasts one whole month for replacing the damaged motherboard with another one
Re: Q: about Notebooks
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:28 am
by Rakion
ohhhh! c'mon guys! help me out here... plyzzzz
Re: Q: about Notebooks
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:19 pm
by cuchulainn
If you want to game, get a desktop instead and a cheap laptop for taking around with you.
Re: Q: about Notebooks
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:32 pm
by MrFudge
I don't care for battery life time
after a while it turns to shit anyway and you have to buy a new one.
Re: Q: about Notebooks
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:55 pm
by pr0klobster
Well, this is what I check for starters when I'm buying/building a new PC:
-What is its primary purpose?
-How much money am I willing to spend?
-AMD or Intel?
From these basics you can derive the rest of the questions. Let's assume laptop.
-Will I game on the laptop? If so, what is the maximum gaming resolution I may use? Buy over, so you won't need to upgrade (difficult if not impossible on a laptop)
-CPU - gotta be Intel IMHO.
-Size of the laptop, portability. Gaming/business laptops don't always go well together.
-Battery life. If I'm on a plane, I might want to watch a DVD or put together a spreadsheet or powerpoint presentation.
-Expandability of RAM.
-How big of a hard drive? Are there enough USB ports that I can add a backup external hard drive?
-Customer service/vendor response time/warranty.
-Price comparison to other laptops in its class.
-Type of keyboard, size of keyboard. Nothing worse than a crappy KB on a laptop when you have to spend hours on it.
-Type of pointing device - trackball, mouse pad, stick.
-Bluetooth/wifi capability.